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I dont know what price range youre looking at but the Ellis is highly recomended.http://www.ellissaw.com/
I hear the grizzly is a pretty good product also.http://www.grizzly.com/index.aspx
Jet also has pretty good reviews.
jetequipment.com/products/MA/Cat03-MA_web_p24-26.pdf
I dont have a band saw but one of these is on my wish list. I would prefer the Ellis but I think it is out of my price range.

Harbor Freight is not the best but only $69.99 on sale...

Harbor Freight is not the best but only $69.99 on sale until March 27. Go to the following link to find out everything you ever wanted to know about the HF and how to "pre-lube and maintain" it to assure you'll get more than a week's use out of it. Apparently, many are having good success with it.

Milwaukee is probably the best although they are starting to have stuff made in Mexico and elsewhere and as one who uses their 8" circular saw in a machine we make, I have started to notice quality issues such as the spindle lock not working on one saw and a blade guard mounted incorrectly. But that is just about 1% of all the saws so I suppose it isn't that bad...

Milwaukee, Porter-Cable (maker of the original "Portaband"), and DeWalt are among the top brands for these and all are worth the money. My favorite is, of course, the newer DeWalt. I've used the Milwaukees as well and are happy with them, too.

I've been extremely happy with factory reconditioned DeWalts from places like amazon. I think this is a helluva deal, right here: